Name: Mr Simon
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Oude genever; 20 ml Orange Curaçao; 10 ml Red bitter liqueur; 1 barspoon Agave syrup

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Oude genever

2/3 fl oz

Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur

1/3 fl oz

Italian red bitter liqueur

1 barspoon

Agave syrup (agave nectar)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

27.2 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created in 2015 by Salvatore Calabrese at his bar in London's Playboy Club. Salvatore was inspired to make this drink both by the vintage 'Gin Cocktail' - perhaps the first ever gin cocktail - and Old Simon Rutte genever, which was being released across Europe at the time.

Review

Your choice of genever and orange curaçao greatly effects the balance of this cocktail. Salvatore uses Rutte Old Simon which is not only a fantastic genever with an attractive nutty character but also befits the name. The choice of a drier, high alcohol curaçao obviously produces a correspondingly drier drink.

Comments & Discussion

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John CARR Premium Member 1y

This one definitely improved with resting in the glass to allow a little more warmth and air to open the flavours. Very much in the historical modus for cocktails, plenty of flavour here. The Campari is almost too much for the delicate Old Simon botanicals.

Haig Khachatrian 6y

I just made one and watching the video after, looks like he strains this into a coupe with a block of ice. I'm not sure the drink requires it but who am I to question Salvatore?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 6y

I'm not a fan of chunks of ice in a coupe. For me best either served on-the-rocks or straight-up. Hence, I took the liberty of tweaking Salvatore's serve.

Mr Simon